WASHINGTON — Early on, the dozen federal officials charged with defending America against the coronavirus gathered day after day in the White House Situation Room, consumed by crises. They grappled with how to evacuate the United States…

At a White House briefing on the coronavirus on March 20, President Trump called the State Department the “Deep State Department.” Behind him, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…

The first of many calls that night involved a 24-year-old man who had a fever, body aches and a cough that sounded like a cement mixer. While the Brooklyn paramedics took the man's fever — 103 degrees — they noticed frightening vitals…

Thirteen years ago, a group of U.S. public health officials came up with a plan to address what they regarded as one of the medical system's crucial vulnerabilities: a shortage of ventilators. The breathing-assistance machines tended to be bulky…

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the…